Mrs Bixby and The Colonel's Coat

Divorce was a ___________phenomenon in America.

• Strange

• widespread

• rare

When men were together in clubs and bars, they shared their sad stories that always had three main characters:

• The wife, the husband and a dog.

• The wife, the husband anhand her lover.

• The wife, the husband and his mistress.

In most of these stories the most deceitful of all was:

• The wife.

• The husband.

• The dirty dog.

Mr and Mrs Bixby lived in a small apartment in__________

• Baltimore.

• Chicago.

• New York.

Mr Bixby was a_________

• Dentist.

• Doctor.

• Businessman.

Mr Bixby knew and accepted that once a month on a friday afternoon, Mrs Bixby would catch the train to___________

• visit a man.

• visit her grandmother.

• visit her aunt.

Mrs Bixby had that alibi to hide her secreat relationship with_______________.

• A man Known as the dog.

• A married man.

• A rich man.

After eight years of a love relationship, her lover sent her a Christmas gift. It was a _____________

• Dress.

• A mink coat.

• A coat.

The gift was The Colonel's (her lover) way to say:

• He loved her even more.

• He forgave her for her behaviour.

• He wanted out of the relationship.

She couldn't show it to her husband or else he would be suspicious, so she....

• Sold it to make money.

• Said it was a gift of someone in the family.

• Pawned it for some money.